I would feel like a totally negligent blogger and Star Trek fan if I didn’t direct everyone to this fascinating and impressive piece of analysis by Steve Shives. In it, Shives looks at the economics of Star Trek. It’s a subject I’ve always been quite curious about, but at least a couple of professional economists have taken a look at it in some depth. I like how, in the future Trek Shows us, humanity is no longer driven by greed or the desire for personal acquirement. That is probably one of the prime reasons why the program is so popular. As Shives concludes too, that is a future surely worth striving for. Also, on a totally different note, this video is an excellent example of how intellectual and analytical online fandom is becoming too. Hats off to Steve Shives